Prison-based health and wellbeing interventions: evidence review and survey of provision

Annex D: Physical health and wellbeing interventions in Scotland's prisons survey

Please provide the name of the establishment you work in:

1. What do you see as the three emerging health needs of the population in your establishment/healthcare centre?

• Reducing use of nicotine
• Reducing harmful use of alcohol
• Reducing harmful use of substances
• Improving mental health and wellbeing
• Increasing uptake of healthy eating and reduce BMI
• Encouraging better oral health
• Promoting use of sexual health clinics
• Reducing transmission of blood-borne viruses
• Increasing physical activity
• Management and prevention of long-term conditions
• Managing the health implications of the prison population as a result of covid-19
• Managing the health needs of the ageing prison population
• Other

If "other" selected, please specify:

2. What physical health and wellbeing interventions are currently being provided in your establishment/healthcare centre?

• Animal based therapy (e.g., Paws for Progress)
• Arts/Creative (e.g., music therapy/song-writing (Vox Sessions), reading workshops (Open Book))
• Diet-based and lifestyle (e.g., Let's Cook Programme)^[12]
• Mindfulness (e.g., Yoga and meditation)
• Outdoors (e.g., Duke of Edinburgh)
• Peer-support (e.g., Listener scheme)
• Sports/Physical activity (e.g., Fit for Life)

3. How would you rate the uptake of these physical health and wellbeing interventions in your establishment/healthcare centre? If the establishment/healthcare centre does not provide an intervention listed, please select N/A

Poor / Adequate / Good / Excellent / N/A

• Animal-based therapy
• Arts/creative
• Diet-based and lifestyle
• Mindfulness
• Outdoors
• Peer support
• Sports/physical activity

4. What are the facilitators that best support the delivery of these physical health and wellbeing interventions?

• Physical resources (e.g., facilities and/or indoor/outdoor space)
• Staffing (e.g., staff capacity, staff training or support from third sector organisations)
• Population need
• Supportive partnership agreement with third sector organisation
• Participant engagement
• Positive relationship between participant and personnel delivering intervention
• Scheduling
• Funding
• Geographical location
• Other

If "other" selected, please specify:

5. What are the main barriers that prevent the delivery of physical health and wellbeing interventions?

• Physical resources (e.g., lack of facilities and/or indoor/outdoor space)
• Staffing (e.g., staff turnover, staff responsibilities/workload)
• Not a population need
• Lack of partnership with third sector organisations
• Difficulty engaging participants
• Negative relationship between participant and personnel delivering intervention
• Scheduling
• Funding
• Geographical location
• Other

If "other" selected, please specify:

6. Are there any types of physical health and wellbeing interventions missing from the above list that are being provided within your establishment/healthcare centre?

• Yes
• No

If "yes" selected, please name these:

7. Are there any physical health and wellbeing interventions within other establishments/healthcare centres that you know of that could be valuable within your establishment/healthcare centre?

• Yes
• No

If "yes" selected, please name these:

8. Are you aware of any health and wellbeing interventions in the community that you think could be introduced into your establishment/healthcare centre?

• Yes
• No

If "yes" selected, please name these:

9. If you would like to add anything to your answers, please comment below